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Low-Drama ‘Dark Angels’ Reap Record Ransoms

Krebs on Security

A ransomware group called Dark Angels made headlines this past week when it was revealed the crime group recently received a record $75 million data ransom payment from a Fortune 50 company. ThreatLabz found Dark Angels has conducted some of the largest ransomware attacks to date, and yet little is known about the group.

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Financially motivated Earth Lusca threat actors targets organizations worldwide

Security Affairs

According to the security firm, the group is financially motivated, its cyberespionage campaign hit high value targets such as government and educational institutions, religious movements, pro-democracy and human rights organisations in Hong Kong, Covid-19 research organisations, gambling and cryptocurrency companies, and the media.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

Hancitor became another commodity malware which partnered with ransomware gangs to help them gain initial access to target networks – the increasing trend outlined by Group-IB researchers in the recent Ransomware Uncovered 2020/2021 report. In addition, the group leveraged some custom tools for network reconnaissance. exe: Figure 3.

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Hundreds of organisations breached patient data rules, reveals BMJ

The Guardian Data Protection

High risk” breaches were revealed to have occurred at healthcare groups, pharmaceutical giants and educational institutions including Virgin Care, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Imperial College London, during audits by NHS Digital, according to an investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 292

Security Affairs

Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter). The post Security Affairs newsletter Round 292 appeared first on Security Affairs.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in April 2021 – 1 billion records breached

IT Governance

Financial information. Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents. In other news…. Cyber attacks. discloses security incident (unknown) St. discloses security incident (unknown) St. discloses security incident (unknown) St. discloses security incident (unknown) St.

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China-linked hackers target government agencies by exploiting flaws in Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems, and MS Exchange

Security Affairs

CISA published an advisory on China-linked groups targeting government agencies by exploiting flaws in Microsoft Exchange, Citrix, Pulse, and F5 systems. CISA published a security advisory warning of a wave of attacks carried out by China-linked APT groups affiliated with China’s Ministry of State Security.